21. Learning to love.
"You could have known earlier," he said quietly, turning to the left.
"I still don't know."
He looked at her with an exasperated pout.
"I didn't want to get attached to... her," she said after a while. She put her hand on her stomach. "Not before I got sure I wouldn't lose her.''
''Technically, you're 23 weeks pregnant and -
''I got it, '' she interrupted him. ''I just needed time to -" She made a pause to find the right word. ''To love her.''
House looked at her silently.
''I wanted a baby for so long and now that I have - almost have it, it... it just felt wrong.''
She didn't explain why, she knew she hadn't to. He'd understand her silences more than any word she could say. She looked out the window.
''And now it doesn't?''
''Dunno. It depends.''
''I'll love her either way you know.'' She looked at him. ''Because it's yours.''
''Yea.''
She really hoped it'd be still true in three months.
''Now, get out of my car,'' he ordered in an over serious tone, parking the car in Cuddy's hallway.
''House, this is my car.''
''So, sleep in your car, I'll take the bed,'' he announced, getting out of the car.
She rolled her eyes and followed him, thinking about how good she felt now that she talked with him about that.